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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Congress MLA Adv Carlos Ferreira is of the clear opinion that with the Opposition lacking majority, it is impossible to bring a POGO bill to the House. Ferreira also said that the Congress party believes in people’s aspirations and hence feels there is a need to work out some mechanism. “Opposition can’t bring a bill, we can only move a private members bill, but you know it will never get passed because there is no majority. So you can’t fool people by just trying to bring a bill which will get knocked off,” the MLA said. Referring…

Goemkarponn desk HYDERABAD: Hyderabad JMFC Court has granted 14 days of judicial custody to Hill Top Goa owner for his involvement in one of the NDPS cases. John Steven D’Souza is the owner of the Hill Top restaurant at Anjuna, next to the Sunburn Goa venue. The Hyderabad cops led by Sreedhar Reddy – Police Inspector (Detection), Osmania University Police Station, Hyderabad City, Telangana State, arrested two persons, John Stephen D’Souza aka Steve, involved and named in CR No 374/2022 u/s 8C, 22(C) and section 27 of the NDPS Act. The Hyderabad cops have been searching for the accused for…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Day after re-joining the BJP and the ruling government, BJP MLA Michael Lobo requested Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to bring down the beach shack fees and other related fees to provide solace to the shack operators. Lobo, an MLA from the coastal belt of North Goa, along with members of the shack association, met Chief Minister and acquainted him with the increased fees, which according to them, is not affordable as there is no clarity of foreign tourists visiting Goa. “We met Chief Minister Pramod Sawant as the tourism season will start. It is a very good…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Ganesh Chaturthi was celebrated earlier this month with pomp and gaiety after two long years of the COVID19 pandemic. In every home, Bappa came and was given a warm send-off by immersion on one and half days, five days, seven days and nine days. However, soon after the immersion, several Ganesh idols washed ashore or were left undissolved in rivers, creeks, mostly made up of Plaster of Paris (PoP) Now, the Chicalim panch member Neelam Naik has taken a unique responsibility to immerse about 50 undissolved idols of Lord Ganesh into the Arabian Sea from a creek…

Goemkarponn desk MAYEM: Urging farmers to cultivate their lands, Water Resources Department Minister, Subhash Shirodkar said that keeping agricultural land fallow is a crime. Subash Shirodkar assured to undertake the work of various projects worth 5 to 10 crores in the next two years in the Mayem Constituency. He said WRD is very closely associated with the agriculture sector and assured all required assistance to farmers, including modern machinery, to revive agriculture in the State. He was speaking at an interactive session with Sarpanchas and Panch members of seven Panchayats of the Mayem Constituency. Urging people to cultivate their fields…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs has informed that the Rosary Higher Secondary School, Navelim, Margao Subroto Mukherjee football U-17 Girls winner of State Subroto Mukherjee Championship held recently, will represent Goa State at the “61st Edition of National Subroto Mukherjee Cup Football Tournament to be held at New Delhi from September 19 to 28, 2022. The team is seen with the Director – Shri Ajay R. Gaude, Dy. Director Sports, Smt. Jennifer Ferrrao e Gonsalves, Asst. Director (Sports), Shri Navin Acharya, Shri Rajesh Naik (Stadium), Shri. Dinesh Desai, Asst. As informed by the Department of Information…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: State Government intends to implement a comprehensive mobility plan for the State which would bring in better connectivity and environment-friendly transport infrastructure in the State. Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today held a meeting to discuss a comprehensive mobility plan for the State and Parking Master Plan for Panaji city. During the meeting Chief Minister directed all the stakeholder Departments such as Transport, River Navigation, Caption of Ports, Kadamba Transport Corporation and other agencies to come up with an action plan to implement a comprehensive mobility plan for the State designed by the consultant agency. At the…